1997 F1 Teammate Head to Head

Every 1997 Formula 1 teammate battle ranked: qualifying and race head to head, average qualifying gap and points split for 14 pairings. Most one-sided: Johnny Herbert vs Nicola Larini, 5–0 in qualifying.

1997 teammate rankings

1997 F1 teammate head to head, most one-sided first
#TeamTeammates (stronger first)QualifyingAvg quali gapRacesPointsDominance
1SauberJohnny Herbert vs Nicola Larini5–0+0.917s1–015–1100%
2SauberJohnny Herbert vs Gianni Morbidelli8–0+0.743s5–015–0100%
3FerrariMichael Schumacher vs Eddie Irvine16–1+0.754s9–078–2496%
4ProstOlivier Panis vs Shinji Nakano10–0+1.370s3–116–293%
5StewartRubens Barrichello vs Jan Magnussen15–2+0.686s1–06–089%
6MinardiJarno Trulli vs Ukyo Katayama6–1+0.437s––86%
7ProstJarno Trulli vs Shinji Nakano6–1+0.620s4–23–277%
8MinardiUkyo Katayama vs Tarso Marques8–2+0.367s1–10–075%
9ArrowsDamon Hill vs Pedro Diniz14–3+0.647s2–37–273%
10WilliamsJacques Villeneuve vs Heinz-Harald Frentzen13–4+0.371s5–381–4272%
11TyrrellMika Salo vs Jos Verstappen10–7+0.099s4–02–067%
12McLarenMika Häkkinen vs David Coulthard11–6+0.164s3–327–3661%
13JordanGiancarlo Fisichella vs Ralf Schumacher10–7+0.047s2–320–1355%
14BenettonGerhard Berger vs Jean Alesi7–7−0.231s6–427–3654%

Short pairings (fewer than 5 sessions)

1997 short-lived teammate pairings
#TeamTeammates (stronger first)QualifyingAvg quali gapRacesPointsDominance
1SauberJohnny Herbert vs Norberto Fontana4–0+1.213s1–015–0100%
2LolaVincenzo Sospiri vs Ricardo Rosset1–0+1.114s––100%
3BenettonAlexander Wurz vs Jean Alesi2–1−0.032s0–14–3650%

The stronger driver of each pairing is listed first. Qualifying counts sessions where both set a time; races count Grands Prix where both were classified. The gap is the stronger driver's average qualifying advantage (negative when the teammate was faster on average).